90% Update

Remember when I lamented on how the last 10% of a project is the hardest back in November 2014? That was easily over a year ago now and I thought I’d strengthen my argument by sharing how few of those items we’ve completed. Basement: Black cabinet piece on top cabinets Basement: Decor Done, as of…

Another List

Now that volleyball is over, cabin-season is winding down, and I can be fueled by PSLs, I feel motivated to tackle a bunch of inside projects!  Here are just a few I’ve been thinking a lot about: Blog about kitchen/dining/hallway wallpaper removal. Install bathroom door knob. Install crown molding in front bedroom and office, maybe…

90%

Why is it that the last 10% of a project is the hardest? We’ve done a ton of work downstairs and yet there is still some work left that we just can’t manage to complete. Black cabinet piece on top cabinets Decor (I thought I had the space decorated before we took the wallpaper down! )…

All Play and No Work

All play and no work pretty much sums up the last couple weeks. Between dinners with friends, happy hours, 5Ks, Nolan’s Grandma’s 85th birthday party, baby showers, kid’s birthdays, a sick weekend, and volleyball twice a week, Nolan and I have done very little around the house. (We just finished the spring VB leagues and just…

from clutter to BRIGHT to minty

The front bedroom of our house went from cluttered to BRIGHT to minty. Below is when it was in it’s cluttered phase. It was winter we were still in housing limbo with Nolan’s parents so our stuff and their stuff was all over the house. Lucky for us this room and fan (???) had very…

Lovin’ it

1. The IKEA Storage Planner. I’m scheming with my brother on how to get the built-in look in our master bedroom. Here is my plan:   And with the doors (and a bigger TV)  it’ll look like this: All the drawers, shelves and inserts are placeholders for the moment. The hardware is interchangeable as well.…

Cray cray crazy changes

Wait, what? Jared Allen is no longer a Viking and Ke$ha is no longer Ke$ha? AND it’s 50 degrees in Minnesota right now!?! Change is hard, I’ll get it over it, but what sort of new sack dance do I have to learn? My dance skills are lackluster as-is.  I like nicknames, all my favorite musicians…

Looking up!

Things are looking up! Even though is blowing snow outside and they’ve cancelled dozens of schools tomorrow because of the bone chilling temperatures… I have a new light fixture and this is in the oven right now. Last time I made a drop-off at Goodwill I moseyed on inside for a look-see. I found this shade,…

Crafty Copycat

I saw this DIY piece of art on Bower Power and thought, now that’s a DIY project I could do! And I did! I used an old picture we had on our mantle in our MPLS house. I was over it and Nolan never really liked to begin with. I bought it at Kohl’s while he was…